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` Lam-s .Patent No. 75,848, daad Marel. 24, 186s.

f IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR MEASURING G LOTH.

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TO ALL WHOll/I` IT MAY4 CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILBUR F. BOGGS, Vof Petersburg, in th'e county of Menard, and Sta-te of Illinois, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Cloth-Measurer and Roller; and I do hereby declare that the following is a' full and clear mdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference.markedthcreon. I

VThe object of' this invention is to produce Va machine for winding cloth 'and measuring it at one and the' same operation.

To enable others 'skilled in the art to make and use my improved machine, I will proceed to describe its construction'and operation. v

Figure 1 of the drawings is a. longitudinal sectional elevation of the improved machine.

Figure 2 is a plan of the same.

Figure 3 is a front elevation.'` Y r Figure 4 is a sectional elevation of the clock-work, showing the mode of disconnecting it from the rollergearing. y

Figure 5, an elevation of the top end of the post that sustains the cloth-roller, showing the device for unshipping it. l Y

The platformV or s lls A sustain the box Bin which the cloth is placed to'be wound, and also the Vposts A A.z ASA?, thahsustain--the'operative'parts of the machine. The posts Al A2 are connected together by means of the tension-bars a, between which the unwound cloth, Z, is passed, in order to tighten it on the reel or Winding-bar4 C, and also on the measuring-roller D. The reel or winding-bar C has its bearings in the top ends of the posts A1 A, and the measuring-roller B has its bearings in the top ends of the posts A3 A4. A frictionroller, D', is placed by the side of and against the roller D, and has its bearings in the adjusting-bars d, which are pivoted to the posts A3 A4, and have their bottom ends attached to the spring d', which acts upon them in such a manner as to draw or press the roller D tightly against the roller'D. The roller D is to be just three feet in circumference, so that the cloth, b, in passing over it, will measure just one yard for every revolution ofV the said roller. The cloth, as it comes from the box B, will pass up tlgough the tension-bars d, thence under and around the roller D, and back to the winding-bar C, which will beturned by means of the crank C so as `to wind the cloth up into a`suitable roll for the markt. The friction-roller D will press the'cloth irmly against the roller D while passing around it, thereby compelling the said roller D to turn just at the same speed with which the cloth moves, thereby accurately measuring it. 'The number of revolutions and fractional partsgof revolutions made by the roller lD will be accurately recorded by the clock E. One of the journals of the' roller D will extend outside of the post A4, and there have aixed to it a cog-wheel, e, which gears into and communicates motion to the wheel e. This wheel el, by means of suitable clock-gearing,communicates motionto the hands e2 e3, shown in iig. 1. The hand e2 isgeared so as to ymake one revolution at each revolution of the roller D, and it will ther'eforeindicate on the face e4, which is graduated and numbered into thirty-six equal parts, thel fractional parts of a revolution made, and the number which the said hand points at when stopped will indicate the number of inches the roller has turned, and, consequently, the amount of cloth measured. The hand ea is geared so Vas -to make but one revolution to thirty-'six revolutions of the roller D, and, consequently, thegraduated number on the dial to which it points will indicate the number of revolutions made by the roller D, and, consequently, the number of yards measured by it. Thus the hand ea will point to the dial iigure indicating the number of yards wound, and the hand E2 will point to the dial-figure indicating the frac tional parts of a yard. i l

From the foregoing description, it' is evident that, after a certain lnumber of revolutions have been made by themachine, it must be turned backv to its initial or starting-point and commence measuring anew. This is accomplished by the following simple device, viz:gA drum, F, having a coiled spring within it, is attached to theclock-frameby'means of a suitable axle. From the periphery of this drum a cord, f, attached thereto, is

, conveyed lto a drum,.f, .attached to the cog-wheel E', as is clearly shown in tig. 4. The wheel gears into a pinion on the main axle, which carries the wheel EK While the machine is being turned forward so as to measure the cloth, the spring within the drum F is being wound up tightly7 and the cord fis also being wound up around its drum When it is desired to'set the machine back, the operator will press down on the roller D', and will thereby tip the adjusting-bars d forward, as is shown in tig. 4. This will cause the said bars cZ to be raised up below their pivot-points, and one of themz will come in contact with the bar E', which is attached to the clockframe E, and raise it up, as is shown in iig. 4, the' said frame E being pivoted at x, so as to allow its back end to rise up by this motion, and, at the same time, to disengage the wheels e and c1. As soon as the said wheels are disengaged, the strength of the spring within the drum F will be sudicient to draw the cord fwith such force as to unwind it from the drum f, thereby turning the machine back to its original position. Of course the spring in F and the length of the cord fmust be so adjusted as to cause the hands e2 e3 to turn to the starting-point. When the windingbar vshall have received its full load or quantity of cloth, it is, to be removed from the machine and withdrawn from the completed roll, so as to be prepared for a new operation.

To remove the winding-bar from the machine, the top portion of the box c is to be turned up, as shown by dotted lines in iig. 5, thus allowing thejournal of the bar to be raised up. When replaced, the spring c will secure the movable part of the box in its proper position. When itisdesired to wind and measure cloth from a roll already wound, Vthe bar G is inserted into the roll to behsed, and Ithen the operation will be conducted as before, by taking the end from the bolt on the bar G, -insteadot from the box B The bar G may be easily taken from or replaced into the machineby means of the screw-bearing g. In case a fabric of light texture or fine finish, that might be injured by passing through the tension-bars a, is being wound from the bar G, it is provided with a frictionpul1ey,g, over which a cord, g2, passes, from which a weight, W, is suspended, and thus the required friction is produced without injury to the cloth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The drum F, cordf, and drum f', when combined with the pivoted clock-frameE, inthe manner described, and for the purpose of reversing the same, as set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement of theipivoted clock-frame E', its tipping-bar E', and the adjustingbar al, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The frictionwoller D and4 its spring-frame d al', in combination with the measuring-roller D, as shown and described. l

4. The roller G, its screw-bearing g, frictionpulley g1, cord g2, and Aweight W, when combined and operated as herein described and set forth.

WILBUR F. BOGGS.

Witnesses:

J. G. STRODTMANN, WALTER BENNETT. 

